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moon | goon |

As a proper noun moon

is the earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by.

As a noun goon is

gold.

moon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The largest satellite of Earth.
  • Any natural satellite of a planet.
  • (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1737 , author=John Brickell , title=The natural history of North-Carolina , page=308-309 , passage=The number their age by Moons' or Winters, and say a Woman or a Man is so many '''Moons''' old, and so they do with all memorable Actions in life, accounting it to be so many '''Moons or Winters since such or such a thing happened. ''Note: in earlier modern English, many nouns were capitalized, similar to present day German. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1822 , author=Thomas Love Peacock , title=Maid Marian , page=238 , passage=Many moons had waxed and waned when on the afternoon of a lovely summer day a lusty broad-boned knight was riding through the forest of Sherwood.}}
    (Shakespeare)
  • A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, Earth's largest natural satellite) Moon * (natural satellite of a planet) satellite, natural satellite * (month) calendar month, lunar month, month * See also

    Derived terms

    * blood moon * blue moon * crescent moon * full moon * half-moon, half moon * harvest moon * howl at the moon * hung the moon * hunter's moon * man in the moon * moon bear * moon-blind * moon cake * mooncalf * moon-face * moonfish * moonflower * moon guitar * mooning * moonish * moonlight * moonlit * moonly * moon pool * moonraker * moonsail * moonwalk * moonwort * moon zither * new moon * old moon * once in a blue moon * over the moon * phase of the moon * smuggler's moon * thumbnail moon * waning moon * waxing moon

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest
  • (colloquial) (usually followed by'' over''' ''or'' ' after ) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
    • Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.
    You've been mooning after her forever, why not just ask her out?
  • To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
  • * 1898 , Joseph Conrad,
    • We were only three on board. The poor old skipper mooned in the cabin.
  • To expose to the rays of the Moon.
  • * Holland
    • If they have it to be exceeding white indeed, they seethe it yet once more, after it hath been thus sunned and mooned .

    Related terms

    * month * moonsick

    See also

    * lunar * Moonie * Selene

    External links

    (disambig) * (projectlink) * (projectlink)

    Anagrams

    * {l, en, mono}} 1000 English basic words ----

    goon

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from (gooney), from obsolete gony'' ("simpleton", circa 1580), of unknown origin. ''Gony was applied by sailors to the albatross and similar big, clumsy birds (circa 1839). Goon first carried the meaning "stupid person" (circa 1921). * The meaning of "hired thug" (circa 1938) is largely influenced by the comic strip character series. * The "fool" sense was reinforced by the popular radio program, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
  • A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=5 citation , passage=Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon , born rather too early she suspected.}}
  • (ice hockey, pejorative)  An enforcer or fighter.
    • Derived terms
    * goony * goon squad
    See also
    * goonie * gooney * gooney bird

    Etymology 2

    Diminutive slang for flagon.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Australia, countable, informal) A wine flagon or cask.
  • * 2009 , , Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy?: Misadventures in Music , page 11,
    • We drank goons of cheap wine.
  • (Australia, uncountable, informal) Cheap or inferior cask wine.
  • * 2010 , , The Mary Smokes Boys , unnumbered page,
    • ‘On the night of our school graduation he stole a flagon of goon wine and disappeared into the woods. The police found him the next day asleep on the creek.’
  • * 2010 , Jason Leung, This All Encompassing Trip: Chasing Pearl Jam Around the World , page 384,
    • With these instructions, we take turns sipping the wine directly from the bottle on the beach. It?s not the classiest thing to do but the fact that it?s in a bottle already makes it classier than all the boxes of goon we?ve consumed this trip.
  • * 2011 , E.C. McSween, et al., Boganomics: The Science of Things Bogans Like , unnumbered page,
    • Red wine was consumed largely by posh folk, white wine meant goon , mention of a Jägerbomb would have sent its father ducking for cover, and ‘sex on the beach’ meant just that.
    Synonyms
    * box wine * cask wine

    Anagrams

    * Australian English ----